Macrophage at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Macrophage? A cell characterized by prominent lysosomes and the ability to phagocytose foreign material. Macrophages are involved in both non-specific immunity, due to the phagocytosis of foreign materials, and in specific immunity, due to the presentation of the ant

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